Red Carpet Rundown

The red carpet is a unique and peculiar situation many of us frequently face in the entertainment biz. This series will explore the ways to rock the red with style and a sense of fun, all while doing it on a budget.

For this premiere post I wanted to highlight a photo that embodies the spirit of this new publication, Ms in the Biz. The women pictured here are all contributors to this online mag.

The most important thing to bear in mind when faced with the red carpet: it’s not about expensive clothes–decontextualized and worn with flair you can make something inexpensive look like a million bucks.

Here’s the breakdown of what we wore for this photo taken at BlackBoxTV’s premiere party:
Kristen Nedopak (nedopak.com): she wore a red dress from Audrey K Boutique ($150) paired with a black purse ($10) and a large skull ring ($5) for some genre flair.

Our Founder and Editor-in-Chief Helena Santos-Levy (Helennasantoslevy.com): her outfit is entirely from the red carpet goldmine Forever 21! This store can keep you looking trendy but chic as Helenna demonstrates. Her sheer blouse and blue skirt were both $20 each, and her purse was $30.

Stephanie Thorpe (thestephaniethorpe.com): for this party I managed to completely deck myself out in Bebe. I highly recommend their sale rack! I found that silver sparkly dress for $39.95 and the faux leather jacket for $29.95. Both items were marked down 60%! I finished the outfit off with a gold Aries constellation necklace from jeweler J.Nolan ($42).

Stephanie Thorpe is a veteran web content creator, serving as a producer, director, writer and actor on numerous projects—in fact, she just crossed her 100-episode milestone. Recently she and her producing partner Paula Rhodes acquired the film and television rights to the 35-year-old cult comic book "ElfQuest," which they are currently developing for the screen. Stephanie also co-created and produced "The Ladies & The Gents," a web series consisting of 60 episodes of comic vignettes. That series just launched in April and will roll out through the summer. In addition to these projects she has many other irons in the fire, some of which she can share info on ("Shelf Life" "SlumberCon") and others are coming soon! A founding member of the "League of Extraordinary Ladies," she is frequently thrilled to find herself speaking on panels at Cons throughout the year. As an actor she recently appeared in "The Ladies," "Pairings," "Night of the Zombie King," and was featured on Bonnie Burton’s program "Geek DIY." Stephanie is very excited to be a contributor to the online mag "Ms. in the Biz!"

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Steph, HELP! I need more – well clothes I can wear to events and such… but I’m horrible at figuring out what looks good on me cause my body shape can… make buying clothes a challenge at times. 🙂 Any ideas?

First off–don’t panic! If you are looking for one offs for events I highly recommend Forever 21, H&M, and The Norstrom Rack. Remember black pants or a black skirt can be worn multiple times with different tops and accessories! And I can also go shopping with you: we pick out a few staples that can be worn in multiple ways!

I have both black pants and skirt. So that’s good. I need adorable blouses that don’t add pounds that don’t exist. LOL But yes, a shopping date soon would be ideal. I’m free… at the end of the month. 🙂 THANK YOU!

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